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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






2. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






3. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






4. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






5. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






6. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






7. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






8. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






9. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






10. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






11. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






12. Narrative description of products - services or results






13. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






14. Provider of products - services or results






15. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






16. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






17. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






18. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






19. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






20. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






21. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






22. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






23. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






24. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






25. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






26. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






27. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






28. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






29. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






30. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






31. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






32. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






33. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization






34. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






35. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






36. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






37. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






38. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






39. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






40. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






41. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






42. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






43. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






44. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






45. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






46. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






47. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






48. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






49. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






50. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units